Clubs must release players for Olympics - FIFA

    Wednesday, July 23, 2008

    LONDON, July 23 (Reuters) - FIFA president Sepp Blatter said on Wednesday that clubs must release their eligible Under-23 players for the Olympic soccer tournament despite the claims of Europe's leading clubs that they were under no obligation to do so. FIFA, world soccer's governing body, and the European Club Association (ECA), the successor to the G14 which represents Europe's leading clubs, issued contradictory statements on Wednesday with FIFA reaffirming it was mandatory for clubs to rele ...

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